Hi Joel and James, Hi joel >> I have downloaded the debian 3 rc2, done the checks etc and get the following > >Umm debian-3rc1 was well tested otc 3rc2 less and i read many reports of >install failure :( > >The good thing is that your cd driver is ok and cd was burn correctly :)
If the boot process reached this point it could be not a matter of CD rom, maybe a problem of kernel, isn't it? 8-)) > >> output on the console: >> 0 650 MHz Active Functional 750 KB >> 1.5 MB I hadn't work for HP so long to see the 650 MHz CPUs available, you are a lucky HP systems user!!!;-P >> Linux version 2.4.17-64 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.0) #1 Sat Mar 16 >> 17:31:44 > >Well kernel 2.4.17 is a bit outdated now and the only test I did was with >a 2.4.22-pa10, though as Joel said afterward with the new d-i the kernel version now is 2.4.26-64-smp >> 14. Unknown machine (0) at 0xfffffffffed21000 [33], versions 0x5e0, 0x0, >> 0x0 I can't figure out the meaning of this phrase! >> CPU(s): 1 x PA8600 (PCX-W+) at 650.000000 MHz [...] >> POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX >> Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 >> Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 >> Initializing RT netlink socket >> Performance monitoring counters enabled for Unknown machine >> Starting kswapd >> Journalled Block Device driver loaded >> pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured >> Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI >> en >> abled >> Redundant entry in serial pci_table. Please send the output of >> lspci -vv, this message (103c,1048,103c,104b) >> and the manufacturer and name of serial board or modem board >> to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ttyS00 at iomem 0xffffffff80000000 (irq = 132) is a 16550A >> ttyS01 at iomem 0xffffffff80000008 (irq = 132) is a 16550A >> ttyS02 at iomem 0xffffffff80000010 (irq = 132) is a 16550A >> ttyS03 at iomem 0xffffffff80000030 (irq = 132) is a 16550A >> ttyS04 at iomem 0xffffffff80000038 (irq = 132) is a 16550A >> request_module[parport_lowlevel]: Root fs not mounted >> lp: driver loaded but no devices found >> Generic RTC Driver v1.02 05/27/1999 Sam Creasey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> block: 128 slots per queue, batch=32 >> RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize >> Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31 >> ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx >> loop: loaded (max 8 devices) >> Linux Tulip driver version 0.9.15-pre9 (Nov 6, 2001) >> tulip0: no phy info, aborting mtable build >> tulip0: MII transceiver #1 config 1000 status 7809 advertising 0061. >> eth0: Digital DS21143 Tulip rev 65 at 0x80, 00:30:6E:13:C6:42, IRQ 128

